Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Tobacco and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which rose 1.22% or 90.00 points to trade at 7495.00 at the close. RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) added 0.39% or 2.50 points to end at 652.00 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 0.34% or 7.00 points to 2068.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 5.97% or 71.00 points to trade at 1119.00 in late trade. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) declined 3.95% or 295.00 points to end at 7180.00 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) shed 2.98% or 25.00 points to 815.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1393 to 495 and 446 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.48 to $1293.88 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.63% or 1.24 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.92% or 1.49 to trade at $52.52 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.13% to 1.2851, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.9140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.45.